Admissions essay boot camp
Subtitle: how to write your way into the elite college of your dreams
By: Ashley Wellington
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781607746126
Subjects: Essay; Exposition (Rhetoric); Universities and colleges; Authorship; Admission; College applications; Handbooks, manuals
Description: "This top-tier college admissions essay guide replicates a brainstorming and essay-writing session with Mint Tutors founder Ashley Wellington"--
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What do you know about it? : how this book is different; title: What's the essay got to do with it?; title: Where it all begins : identifying your student type; title: Brainstorm for it : the questionnaire; title: Get it down on paper : the freewrite exercise; title: Make it count : choosing the best prompt for you; title: Organize it : the outline; title: When to use "it's" : the skinny on contractions; title: Tidy it up : the draft; title: Make it unique : your version of the most common long essays. The sports essay ; The community service essay ; The outdoor adventure essay ; The international travel essay; title: Watch it : red-flag topics and how to tackle them. the pity essay ; The sexism essay ; The loner essay ; The "mea culpa" essay ; The "taking a stance" essay; title: Don't push it : how to take a moderate risk; title: Wrap it up : a few final pointers.